Photo: DPAA Syrian arrested in Germany on suspicion of belonging to the Isis terror group and raping a woman as she attempted to flee Isis-held territory has been ordered freed for lack of evidence, prosecutors said Monday. Prosecutors at the time alleged that he manned a checkpoint in Syria that sought to prevent citizens from escaping Isis-controlled territory. In early 2016, he was believed to have stopped a woman who was trying to flee with her children, they said. But in a statement Monday, the federal prosecutor's office said that "further investigation" had determined that "another course of events may have been possible". German federal prosecutors have opened about a dozen investigations concerning alleged war crimes in Syria or Iraq, alongside dozens of cases of suspected membership in jihadist groups.

Source: The Local June 13, 2017 07:07 UTC